Editing Metrocles (section)

{{Short description|Cynic philosopher}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
| name             = Metrocles of Maroneia
| native_name      =  Μητροκλῆς
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| birth_date       = c. 350 BC
| birth_place      = [[Maroneia]], [[Thrace]]
| death_date       = c. 280 BC
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| region           = [[Western philosophy]]
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| era              = [[Hellenistic philosophy]]
| school_tradition = [[Cynicism (philosophy)|Cynicism]]
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| notable_ideas    = 
| influences       = [[Crates of Thebes]]
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}}

'''Metrocles''' ({{langx|grc|Μητροκλῆς}}; fl. c. 325 BC) was a [[Cynicism (philosophy)|Cynic]] [[philosopher]] from [[Maroneia]]. He studied in [[Aristotle]]’s [[Lyceum]] under [[Theophrastus]], and eventually became a follower of [[Crates of Thebes]], who married Metrocles’ sister [[Hipparchia of Maroneia|Hipparchia]]. Very little survives of his writings, but he is important as one of the first Cynics to adopt the practice of writing moral [[anecdotes]] (''chreiai'') about [[Diogenes of Sinope|Diogenes]] and other Cynics.